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downplay是什么意思

downplay

英 [daʊn'pleɪ] 美 [,daʊn'ple]

vt. 不予重视；将...轻描淡写

英文词源

downplay (v.): "de-emphasize," 1968, from down (adv.) + play (v.). Related: Downplayed; downplaying.

双语例句

1. The government is trying to downplay the violence.: 政府试图对暴力行为低调处理。

2. To exalt Reformed alles is to downplay our central identity as Christians.: 高举“改革宗”在其它之上,是贬低了我们作为基督徒最基本的身份.

3. Finns are very modest and downplay their own accomplishments.: 芬兰人是非常谦虚,淡化自己的成绩.

4. The humiliation of defeat in 1982 caused Argentina to downplay the dispute.: 1982年马岛战争失败后,阿根廷暂时搁置了争议.

5. One more argument downplay protectionism can be discounted.: 我们不能轻信任何有意低估保护主义的说法.